Japan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government
- CONSTITUTION
- May 3, 1947
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on the German model with Anglo-American influences; review of legislative acts by the Supreme Court
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, House of Councillors (Sangi-in) and House of Representatives (Shugi-in)
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court (president appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Government, others appointed by the Government)
RELIGIONS
majority of Buddhists and Shintoists; minorities of Catholics, Protestants, and Orthodox
From the country
DECEMBER 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NUMBER OF DEATH-ROW INMATES HITS RECORD HIGH OF 111
there will be 111 death-row inmates in the nation as of the end of the year, a record high
DECEMBER 19, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: 1,800 RALLY IN TOKYO AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
More than 1,800 people called for the abolition of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 17, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN APPEALS TO HIGH COURT OVER DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRIPLE MURDER
in Japan, Akihiro Okuymoto, 22, appealed his death sentence for killing his wife Kumiko...
- NOVEMBER 25, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: JURY HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO TEENAGER
Japanese jurors sentenced a teenager to hang for a double murder, the first death penalty
NOVEMBER 16, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: JURORS HAND DOWN FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
a Japanese jury trial sent a man to the gallows for a double murder in the country's first death
NOVEMBER 10, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN FOR KILLING WEALTHY WOMAN, BROTHER
in Japan, Presiding Judge Akira Kanaya of the Tokyo High Court upheld a decision by
- NOVEMBER 8, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE ON 2 MEN OVER DOUBLE MURDERS TO BE FINALIZED
presiding judge Masahiko Sudo of the Japanese Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Masayoshi Ozaki...
OCTOBER 14, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TOP COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR DOUBLE MURDER
presiding justice Ryuko Sakurai of the Japanese Supreme Court's first petty bench
- SEPTEMBER 17, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japanese premier Naoto Kan reshuffled his government, leading to the departure
Japanese premier Naoto Kan reshuffled his government, leading to the departure
AUGUST 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: EXECUTION CHAMBER OPENED TO REPORTERS
The Tokyo Detention House opened its execution chamber to the media, giving the public its first peek at the place where death-row inmates are hanged.
- JULY 28, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN HANGS TWO, BUT URGES DEBATE ON EXECUTION
Japan hanged two men for murder in the first executions since the centre-left Democratic Party
- APRIL 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOP COURT NULLIFIES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERES, ARSON
the Japanese Supreme Court nullified the death sentence of Takemitsu Mori, 52, for murdering his daughter-in-law and her son on April 14, 2002.